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Burt Herman

Building the future of trusted media at the intersection of journalism, technology and community

Building tools for journalism and civic information by prototyping with open source AI

Building tools for journalism and civic information by prototyping with open source AI

By Burt Herman / April 17, 2024 Updates from the open source AI hackathon More than 100 journalists, coders, and product designers spent a weekend together in New York earlier in April to participate in the first of a series of hackathons convened designed to push the limits of the technology

Hackathon Tips

Hackathon Tips

After 15 years of running hackathons, here are some of our advice and best practices: Decisions, Decisions! * Pick a theme. Mobile, New York City, geolocation? The more narrow a theme, the smaller a crowd you will likely attract. But you might be okay with that, because they will be focused.

Advancing media innovation and fostering public trust

Advancing media innovation and fostering public trust

Since 2009, Hacks/Hackers has united diverse communities to advance media innovation and foster public trust in the information ecosystem. We do this by: Convening hackathons, ideathons, and workshops that bring together talent from diverse backgrounds, including journalism, technology and academia to ideate and innovate. Incubating innovation in media, and

Introducing Our Expanded Mission

Introducing Our Expanded Mission

Founded in 2009 as a meetup for journalists and technologists to improve the information ecosystem, Hacks/Hackers initially aimed to create a network of journalists ("hacks") and technologists ("hackers") to rethink the future of news and information. Over the past 15 years, we have significantly expanded